Tax Jar Tracker
Set up your year once, then log each payment as it lands. You will see what to move into your tax jar every time, and how full it is against the year's estimate.
Your numbers stay in this browser. The amounts, dates and notes you log are never sent to us (we only count anonymous page events, see our privacy policy), and AusCalc does not hold or move money: the jar is a separate pot you keep at your own bank. General info only, not financial advice.
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How the tax jar works
Nobody takes tax out of ABN work, side hustles or gig and platform pay, so the tax on it arrives as one bill when you lodge. The tax jar habit is simple: every time a payment lands, move its tax share into a separate pot straight away, before it gets spent.
The share comes from the same engine as the tax set-aside calculator: the tax on your job and side income together, minus the tax on your job alone, including the Medicare levy and any extra HECS or HELP repayment. If you are registered for GST, one eleventh of each GST-inclusive payment goes in the jar too, ready for your BAS.
Where your log is kept
Only in this browser, on this device. There is no sign up, none of your figures are sent to AusCalc, and we cannot see or recover them. Clearing your browser data, or using another device, starts a fresh jar, so download the CSV now and then to keep a copy.